- Parasite?
- Posted by az-willie on December 16th, 2003
At a computer club meeting today they mentioned a virus like program
called a " parasite " .
What is it and how do you defend against them?
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TRUTH to a right winger is ...
like ....
a wooden stake to a vampire
- Posted by kurt wismer on December 17th, 2003
az-willie wrote:
you should have asked the person who mentioned it...
to my mind, most if not all malware enjoys a parasitic relationship
with the platform/environment it's affecting...
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"hungry people don't stay hungry for long
they get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong
hungry people don't stay hungry for long
they get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn"
- Posted by Tim H. on December 17th, 2003
"kurt wismer" <kurtw@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:uGPDb.6966$CK3.557238@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
Except in the case of Blaster/Welchia in which that was a symbiotic
relationship =)
-Tim
- Posted by miner.- on December 17th, 2003
"az-willie" <sclause@npole.com> wrote in message
news:_hLDb.57024$cQ.39912@okepread05...
do you not mean a worm?
it's a piece of computer code
you should find a much better description on here
http://vil.nai.com or
http://symantec.com
or max bygraves killed my brother but he never quite
got my dad?
miner.-
- Posted by kurt wismer on December 17th, 2003
Tim H. wrote:
sorry, i don't see it.. i can see what blaster or welcia would get out
of an affected system, but what does the affected system get out of
having blaster or welchia?
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"hungry people don't stay hungry for long
they get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong
hungry people don't stay hungry for long
they get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn"
- Posted by Tim H. on December 18th, 2003
"kurt wismer" <kurtw@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1k6Eb.13622$CK3.1097613@news20.bellglobal.com ...
Well, Welchia downloads/installs the RPC patch from Microsoft. Kind of
interesting.
-Tim
